Invest & investigate

A tolerant society invites the creation of special places for all kinds of people, interests, an situations - an ambitious task for landscape architecture that requires investment, i.e. money, dedicated individuals, and committed authorities. And that is not all. It also requires investigation, i.e. the search for site qualities, appropriate tools, and experimental frameworks. This chapter presents a spectrum of special projects, from the private rooftop garden Groenmarkt in the historic centre of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to the public outdoor ppol Järvabadet in the multiethnic suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden.